Charles,
Forgive me as it was rude of me to say that. I have been working on the
code and your comment about me having other write it for me was a bit much
and that is why I said what I did to you.
Now, I have it corrected as with the help from you and Joe Strout.
Here is what I have so far.
// Write User/Password Code to text file
Dim strout As TextOutputStream
Dim f As FolderItem
Dim userPassword as String
f = GetFolderItem("PatientLog_UPC.ini")
if f.exists then f.Delete
if userPassword1.text = userPassword2.text then
userPassword = userPassword1.text
strout = f.CreateTextFile
strout.WriteLine userName.text
strout.WriteLine MD5(userPassword)
strout.Close
MsgBox("The User's Name and Password has been saved. Please press 'OK'
to continue...")
else
MsgBox("The Passwords entered are NOT the same. Re-Enter the User's
Passwords again." + EndOfLine+ EndOfLine + "Please press 'OK' to
continue...")
end if
I added a second password entery field to check if the password was entered
in correctly.
// Read User/Password Code from text file
Dim strin As TextInputStream
Dim f As FolderItem
Dim userName, userPassword as String
f = GetFolderItem("PatientLog_UPC.ini")
If f.exists and f <> Nil then
strin = f.OpenAsTextFile
userName = strin.ReadLine
userPassword = strin.ReadLine
strin.Close
end if
if uName.text = UserName and uPassword.text = userPassword then
else
MsgBox("The User's Name and/or Password are NOT listed as users on this
system. Either re-try entering the User Name and Password or create a NEW
User." + EndOfLine+ EndOfLine + "Please press 'OK' to continue...")
end
Ok, on the SAVE password, I have fixed the issue Joe had mentioned by using
a seperate String for the password. I have tried this and it does not work,
so I am not doing something right.
Anyway, Charles, thank you for your support and help on this and otehr
porjects I have worked on in the past.
Jonathon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathon Bevar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "REALbasic NUG" <realbasic-nug@lists.realsoftware.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: PASSWORD PROTECTED data in Text file saved how?
Charles,
Whatever
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Yeomans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "REALbasic NUG" <realbasic-nug@lists.realsoftware.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: PASSWORD PROTECTED data in Text file saved how?
Given that you're reduced to asking people to write code for you,
perhaps you should avoid the histrionic punctuation.
Charles Yeomans
On May 2, 2006, at 1:28 PM, Jonathon Bevar wrote:
Ok, like I said it has to be CROSSPLATFORM for all!
Macintosh, Windows and Linux
I know that a Text or INI file is bad but this is NOT top security
anyway. Just for the patient to have his/her family members not 'snoop'
is all.
Now, Maarten you do bring up a good point as if someone deletes the ini
(text) file, then what? This brings up the question, is there a safe
place on a Win, Mac and Linux system to hold a UPC (UserPasswordCode)
file in? Without a serious issue of someone deleting the file or
'snooping' through it?
Note: I was going to create an option for the user to have the choice
of either Password protected or not, as there can be more then one
patient in the database. Now with this option, if the patient says YES
to password and if the UPC ini file is deleted, the program will look
for a pasword and if NO UPC ini file it will warn the user that the UPC
file has been deleted or tampered with.
BUT! If the UPC ini file has been deleted, how is the user going to
re-do his/her password if the program has no idea what the original
password was(There is an option to change the password but you have to
have the original password first to change it to a new one)? Ummmm not
good!
Jonathon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Maarten de Vries"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "REALbasic NUG" <realbasic-nug@lists.realsoftware.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: PASSWORD PROTECTED data in Text file saved how?
I don't wan't to spoil everything, but if it's so important to keep the
user
data safe, I wouldn't store it in an ini file. It could be deleted,
then the
user can't login anymore or it can be altered. If you know it's encoded
with
MD5, you can just make youre own new password by encoding that new
password
with MD5 and pasting it in the ini. Or if you don't know that you can
still
mess the ini up so that it won't work for the user anymore. An ini file
is
just not safe, and not a good place to save a password.
I suggest you save it in the registry, although that's not hacker- proof
either.
Maarten
On 02/05/06, Jonathon Bevar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Joe,
Thanks for the answer to question one.
"(I'm assuming that you have gone through the tutorials that come with
RB,
and mastered the basics of reading and writing files, designing
windows
and
menus, etc.)" Now as for reading the LR, umm well kinda-sorta read it.
I
mostly read it when I need to, so I did read about the MD5, but not to
the
point as doing anything without a little help. I learn best by having
someone show me a simple code then letting me work on it and playing
with
it
to understand HOW and WHY it works.
"Using TextInputStream as usual. Remember that you can't undo this
MD5
hash; you just read it in, and then compare it to the MD5 of whatever
the
user enters for a password to see if it matches." Ok here is where a
little
simple code will help me out most.
We (I) have this:
// Write User/Password Code to text file
Dim strout As TextOutputStream
Dim f As FolderItem
f = GetFolderItem("").Child("PatientLog_UPC.ini")
if f <> Nil then
strout = f.CreateTextFile
strout.WriteLine userName.text
strout.WriteLine MD5( userPassword.text )
strout.Close
end if
MsgBox("The User's Name and Password has been saved. Please press
'OK' to
continue...")
Self.Close
// Read User/Password Code from text file
Dim strin As TextInputStream
Dim f As FolderItem
f = GetFolderItem("").Child("PatientLog_UPC.ini")
If r.exists then
if f <> Nil then
strin = f.OpenAsTextFile
userName.text = strin.ReadLine
userPassword.text = strin.ReadLine
strin.Close
end if
End if
Ok, now what do I do?
Jonathon
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "REALbasic NUG" <realbasic-nug@lists.realsoftware.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: PASSWORD PROTECTED data in Text file saved how?
> On May 02, 2006, at 01:19 UTC, Jonathon Bevar wrote:
>
>> Ok, tell me this about the line of code:
>>
>> myOutputStream.WriteLine MD5( thePassword )
>>
>> thePassword? Is this the Editfield text, like this -
thePassword.text?
>
> Yes, or whatever variable or property you've previously stored the
> password in.
>
>> Now, we got the writing TO the text file, now how do I read
FROM it?
>
> Using TextInputStream as usual. Remember that you can't undo
this MD5
> hash; you just read it in, and then compare it to the MD5 of
whatever
the
> user enters for a password to see if it matches.
>
> (I'm assuming that you have gone through the tutorials that come
with
RB,
> and mastered the basics of reading and writing files, designing
windows
> and menus, etc.)
>
> Best,
> - Joe
>
> --
> Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Available for custom REALbasic programming or instruction.
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